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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced today that Japan plans to <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/01/world/asia/japan-to-begin-restarting-idled-nuclear-plants.html?partner=rss&amp;emc=rss&amp;_r=0">begin restarting its idled nuclear plants later this year</a>. All 50 of Japan's nuclear reactors were taken offline after a meltdown occurred at the Fukushima Daiichi plant following <a href="http://inhabitat.com/tag/japan-tsunami/">a devastating tsunami</a> almost two years ago. In the wake of the disaster, Japanese politicians vowed to phase out nuclear power in favor or <a href="http://inhabitat.com/energy/">renewable energy</a>, but the announcement today by Abe signals a change of course back to nuclear....<br><br><a href='http://inhabitat.com/japanese-prime-minister-announces-plans-to-start-bringing-nuclear-power-plants-back-online/'>READ ARTICLE</a>

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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced today that Japan plans to <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/01/world/asia/japan-to-begin-restarting-idled-nuclear-plants.html?partner=rss&amp;emc=rss&amp;_r=0">begin restarting its idled nuclear plants later this year</a>. All 50 of Japan's nuclear reactors were taken offline after a meltdown occurred at the Fukushima Daiichi plant following <a href="http://inhabitat.com/tag/japan-tsunami/">a devastating tsunami</a> almost two years ago. In the wake of the disaster, Japanese politicians vowed to phase out nuclear power in favor or <a href="http://inhabitat.com/energy/">renewable energy</a>, but the announcement today by Abe signals a change of course back to nuclear....<br><br><a href='http://inhabitat.com/japanese-prime-minister-announces-plans-to-start-bringing-nuclear-power-plants-back-online/'>READ ARTICLE</a>